【答案】 B
6.When customers arrive at the cheek-out counter,they________. A.find their pens lost B.go back and get more items
C.can not wait to pay for their groceries
D.prefer paying by check to paying with a credit card
【解析】 推理判断题。第二段中说,当作者把一个顾客买的商品结账之后,顾客会再回头去买一大堆其他商品,因此选B项。注意文中该句的ring up 表示“把(收进的钱)记入现金出纳机”,也就是此时顾客已经结账了。
【答案】 B
7.We can infer from the text that ________. A.business in the grocery store runs well B.the author finds his present job full of fun C.the author's part-time job calls for patience D.customers go to grocery stores without planning
【解析】 推理判断题。作者在文中叙述了消费者的几种健忘的表现。并在文章的最后说“But I have to tolerate customers because they pay my salary,and that's something I can't afford to forget”,故选C项,表示这一工作需要耐心。
【答案】 C Ⅳ.阅读填句
Are You Ready to Make a Lifestyle Change?
When it comes to weight loss,the words you might hear are: lifestyle and changes.__1__ But,if it were that simple,I'd be out of a job and you'd be too busy working out to read this.Losing weight takes hard work and that often means changing different aspects of your life like,how you spend your time,how you schedule your day,and how/what you eat.
What's Your Lifestyle Like?
__2__ So what is a healthy lifestyle? The typical components include not smoking,eating healthy foods,exercising and keeping the body at a healthy weight.First,figure out how much time you spend doing the following:
Sitting at a desk __3__
Sitting in front of a computer Drinking alcohol
Eating fast food or junk foods
Staying up late/not getting enough sleep Now,How Much Time Do You Spend?
Being active in general (taking the stairs,walking instead of driving,gardening,cleaning,etc.)
Doing cardio exercise
Strength training for all muscle groups with challenging weights Tracking your calories Sleeping
Dealing with stress in a healthy way
__4__Living healthy means spending time and energy on your body—moving it around and paying attention to what you put into it.Staying in an unhealthy lifestyle means you can avoid expending energy,time and effort.
Choosing Health
As humans,we like habits and routines so much that we often keep doing the same things even when we know they aren't good for us.Changing bad habits takes time and effort.__5__ For example,what time you get up each morning.
A.Sitting in front of a TV B.How you spend your free time
C.For a healthy lifestyle,you may be changing a variety of things. D.It may seem like losing weight is a simple goal—do some exercise,go on a diet!
E.The reason why lifestyle is so important is that it determines how healthy you are.
F.Losing weight takes hard work and that often means changing different aspects of your life.
G.If you spend more time doing the things in the first list than the second,it's time to change your lifestyle.
【答案】 1-5 DEAGC